Long Before

" Long Before "

by Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

for Rebecca, Russ
Kenny, Jimmy
Mark, Danielle
& Eric...

Thank the rapid
expansion
of, "Perhaps"
seemingly
rankled
by, "Denied!"
like a maestro
wielding a baton
of stringent
measures
with deftness
What it took
were
principal
artistic
differences
of belittlement
selling as liquor
in partnership
with hard spirits
irregularly invaded
by the estranged
Unscathed
and unsustained
as, "implausible"
bourn in
linguistic form
long before
moral
distortions
of, "right"
or, "wrong"
Predicated
along the way
over days
and days
of struggling
to stay
middle-aged
in the latest
forays
strongly based
in the day-
to-day
as honey makers
with droning names...